BIG Bass

[Chip]

I was reading about the big smallmouth that nick caught and was wondering...i would like to know the "biggest bass you have ever caught" storys you got.

My biggest bass i have ever caught was about 4 1/2 pounds. I cant seem to attract the big ones. Any special techniques and giant bass.???? ??? ???

[bassfisher14]

Biggest I have ever caught was 4 pounds. Caught him one night while in school. I was in between finals and went fishing between tests to kill some time. The time was about 6:45 in the evening. Caught him on a buzzbait. Have already posted one pic here, but here is another one.

[catfishtonyd]

The biggest one I've ever caught was eight pounds, and seven ounces. Caught it February 22, 1985, on a spinnerbait, (blue/chartruse with a copper blade) in the "Barge Pits" on the James River near Richmond, Virginia. I've come close a number of times since then, but never been able to break the eight pound barrier again. Never did it before then either.

[IL.bassin36]

My biggest is 7 pounds 4 ounces, caught her out of a abandon limestone quarry in February. The water was crystal clear and I was fishing where the water went from 4' to at least 20'(far as i could see). Pretty cool, she hit a thunderstick about 35'-40' out - in the middle of a pause she came within a foot of the bait and stopped, I twitched it and she smoked it Awesome site! After I caught that one, the air temp dropped about 10 degrees and I couldn't buy a strike. I guess if your gonna catch one, that'd be the one to catch!

[mike0062466]

I've never had a five-pounder, although some years back I had one on for at least five minutes that I'm pretty sure was in the five or six range.

A couple of months ago I was unmercifully tantalized when I caught one that sent the scale to 4-15.

[Rich]

Right at 8. I was fishing in a farm pond back in November of 1999, it was almost dark and I caught it literally on the last cast-even if I had no hit it was the last cast. I only took one rod and no tacklebox-just the bleeding shad colored spinnerbait with a big, single Colorado blade tied on that rod. Nice way to end the day, that's for sure ;D!

[Bassin_Dude]

biggest one was 10 lbs 1ounce caught him on a blue/black zipper type bait in about 3-4' of water under some lily pads. i was amazed when i pulled it in but i released it to swim again. since then ive never caught one over 6 lbs must have been beginers luck because ive casted to the same place with a million different baits.

[singerloo]

5lb'er

He was my first and largest bass... (so far)
caught him fishing like a fool with my 7 foot saltwater
combo, with 17lb test line, and a 1oz green & orange
rooster tail, blindcasting out to random spots in the open water. I didn't know much about bass fishing, but after that bass, it never left my mind for a day


seaphantom

[Infisherman1]

I've had two big bass that were probably about the same weight, 7-8lbs. Â*One I caught last sunday on a t-rigged culprit red shad worm on a golf course pond. Â*The other one was the exact same except on a different golf course pond, both of them fought like heck.

[fredhatch]

Largest was 11.5# caught in a small creek that runs into brackish water. She had a belly full of eggs and was put back immediately, that was over 12 years ago. Never had one that big again.

[MarkR]

My largest was 7lb, caught on a zarra spook while fishing after dark

[Rob Mak]

9.3 on a stein -of course-lost a larger one both off a sunkin stump in 5 feet of water in a 10 acre pond. which i fully intend to fish during the spawn.



zooker

[BassNva]

fla...14 1/2lb
n.j...8.9
texas..7.1
that 7.1 put me in 14th place in the BBWC for texas in '02
same year(02) i finished 4th in BBWC in n.j,i only entered 4 fish.the 1st 3 guys had 5 fish.the 8.9 was in '01 i believe.
the 14 1/2 was in july '97 or 98,butler chain on a wild shiner.does using live bait count?

[Infisherman1]

[quote author=bassintom link=board=news;num=1096856768;start=0#12 date=10/06/04 at 19:48:02]fla...14 1/2lb
n.j...8.9
[/quote]

Thats a HUGE bass for jersey.

Don't worry, I'll beat that 14 1/2 bass when I fish at the Butler chain in two weeks.

[fredhatch]

When you going? 8)

[macgyver]

5.5 lb LM in my coalpit . Caught in in Nov. on a cool day. I've caught 5 others that have been 5lb-5.3lb but just can't seem to get over that 6lb hump. Guess I'll have to do it in FL

Lizards

[LEVI]

This year, 5 pounds even, caught her at my girlfriends lake in the morning on a smithwick devilhorse ;D

Kybasser

[weeddoggy]

I caught a 4lb 9oz fish this year. Right after I caught that one I caught two more 4 lbers. I released them all and haven't been able to catch one that size again.

[Mr.Snagsalot]

4 1/2 bass caught on this weird looking lure looked like small bass in a way they wouldnt bite in like 3 hours of casting bout to leave and then strike it was fun but alot of bass i catch dont fight fer some odd reason they just let me reel em in no fight but great bass then about a week ago maybe a 4 pound even bass at my neighbors pond but cant fish there anymore cause my dog mutilated the KITTEN! :'( when i got it out of her mouth after hopping the fence it was just gasping fer air 30 sec. later its dead :'( :'( :'(

9 lbs on a 10 black power worm. 10:30 pm.

[cwalstad16]

LM = 6.11
SM = 6.13

LM was caught last weekend on 7.5" Culprit, TX rigged on farm pond

SM was caught last month on 3/16 oz. S/B on Lake James, NC

[profishermenkid16]

7.1 LB LM and a 6.4 LB SM Bass.Unfortunately I have witnessed a few bass caught that were larger than those by other people that I fish with.Still in all, I am very happy to have been able to catch what I have. ;D P N J P.S. Tom, 14 1/2 lb bass, now thats a toad and a half. ;D

[nicholastown]

12lbs 4oz. is the weight I have yet to beat. I have caught two fish that weighed 12.4, lol. Both were released to swim another day. I don't have any use for a dead fish on my wall to collect dust. I have pics and thats enough.

[WaterWolf_MN]

3 pounds.I was camping in Land o Pines.I was slow rolling a jig-n-pork over a drop off with vegetation.I felt a tug and thought it was weeds caught around the hook.But,it fough back sumthin bad.I got it to land and yelled like I never yelled before.I have yet to catch a bass after that one

[BassSAT]

6lbs 4oz caught on 10/11/2004 at about noon in the

pouring rain. caught him on a zoom pumkin seed with

watermelon flake horny toad frog about 10 feet off the

bank. i have been fishing for about six months and

couldnt catch a fish over 1-1/2lbs. i was really excited

to catch such a quality fish. he was 22 in. length. i

would like to thank everybody who has given me

advice on this web site. thanks to all